What A RUSH! Salon Review

With salons peppered across the nation, RUSH hair salons are quickly building a reputation as the UK's most exciting calling point for expert highlights and blow-drys, or something a little more daring. It's easy to be inspired by the staff's confidence after a thorough consultation - which happens with every client before delving for the mixing pots - hence GLAMOUR.com's highlights appointment turned into a request for candy floss pink hair! Kelly Osbourne, Lily Allen and Aggy have all done it - so why not, considering we were in very capable hands?

After a round of bleach, to neutralise hair colour and provide a base for pink, a carefully formulated toner was applied and massaged from roots to ends for less than twenty minutes. The creative team then applied generous helpings of the Kerastase colour conditioning treatment, to inject some protein back into the tresses so the final effect is soft, rather than tired. One blow-dry later, GLAMOUR.COM's Shopping Editor Philippa Morgan was strutting down Camden High Street with bouncy marshmallow-pink locks and a wide smile.

The verdict? Go to a salon you trust, like RUSH, and have a full consultation before diving in head first (literally!). Know what you want and be realistic about what will suit you; a good hairdresser will advise you on what styles and colours will look best. Note that pale pastel pink dye washes out really quickly, so after two weeks you may need to pop back to the salon for a top-up.